Hand-truck.



P. G. KOBHLER.

l HAND TRUCK. APPLIIOATION FILED APRV.24, 1911.

" Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

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P. G. KOEHLER.

HAND TRUCK.

APPLIGATION FILED 11113.24, 1911.

1,014,400. A Patented Jan. 9, 191.2.

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ITED STATES PATET OFFICE.

FRANK Gr. KOEHLER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

HAND-TRUCK.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK G. KOEHLER, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of the city of St. Louis and State `of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IIand-Trucks,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a hand truck and it pertains more particularly to structural features of a truck of this kind involving novel and efficient means for connecting the handles to the truck frame, for clamping the frame side bars to each other at their rear ends adjacent the points of attachment of the handles to the frame, a novel leg structure, and a rack pivotally mounted in the truck frame and adapted to be moved to and from a position in which it is of service in maintaining a barrel upon the truck.

Figure I is a top or plan view of my hand truck. Fig. II is a side elevation of myy hand truck. Fig. III is a top or plan view@ of the central portion of the truck frame with the barrel rack in elevated position.l

Fig. IV is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the truck, including one of the handle connections, the rear tie bar connection and one of the truck legs. Fig. V is a cross section taken on line V-V, Fig. IV.

In the accompanying drawings: 1 designates the side bars of the frame of my truck. These side bars are preferably at in crosssection and arranged on edge, and they support at their forward ends a toe piece 2 that extends transversely of the truck frame, as is usual in hand trucks.

3 are cross bars, preferably of angle shape in cross section by which the forward and central portions of the side bars 1 are joined to each other. The cross bars 3 are surmounted by top strips 4 extending longitudinally 1 of the truck frame and riveted to said cross bars.

The truck frame is supported at its forward end by wheels 5 journaled in 'bearing box brackets 6 attached to the side bars of the truck frame.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application fledApril 24, 1911.

Patented Jan. 9,1912.

Serial No. 623,100.

A designates handle socket pieces attached to the truck frame at the rear end of the side bar 1 in a manner to be presently fully set v forth and in which the handles 7, preferably of wood, are seated. `The rear portion of each handle socket A is of U-shape in cross section'and comprises a vertical outer wall 8, a top flange 9, and a bottom flange 10.

11 is a vertically disposed tail arm extending forwardly from the U-shaped portion of the socket piece A. The socket pieces A are so fitted to the side bars of the truck frame as to provide for the U-shaped portions of these socket pieces straddling the rear ends of the side bars while the tail arms extend forwardly along the outer faces of the frame side bars and are secured thereto by rivets or bolts 12. The rear portions of the socket pieces A extending beyond the rear ends of the frame side bars are adapted to receive the handle 7 held therein by means to be hereinafter described.

B designates a transverse tie bar uniting the rear ends of the frame side bars and con# nected to the socket pieces A in a manner to be presently set forth. This tie bar B is of angle shape in cross section, having a vertical wing 13 at-its rear side and a horizontal top wing 14 extending forwardly from the wing 13. The vertical wing 13 of the tie bar is provided vwith extension arms 13 that project forwardly at the ends of the wing along the frame side bars 1 and are connected to said frame side bars by the rivets or bolts'12 that serve to connect the socket piece tail arms 11 to the rear ends of the side bars. The horizontal top wing 14 of the tie bar B is provided at its ends with extensions 14 which extend downwardly from the top flange and abut against the extension arms 13 and then parallel with the top wing immediately above the bottom flange 10 of the socket piece A'. The extension arms 14 are, together with the extension arms 13 and the socket piece A, vsecured to the frame side bars 1 by rivets or bolts 15, serving to rigidly connect all of these parts, and .they are further rigidly joined to each other by rivets or bolts 16 and 17, the former of which extend through the top flange of the socket piece A and the top wing of the tie bar B,while the latter extend through the horizontal terminal portion vof the extension arm 14s and the bot-.

at the same time imite the socket pieces A very strongly to the frame elements.

The handles 7 are seatedin the U-shaped socket pieces A so that their forward ends abut against the vertical flange 13V of the transverse tie bar B and they are co-nnected to said socket pieces by horizontal bolts 18 which extend through the handlesV and the vertical outer walls 8 of the socket pieces, as seen most clearly in Fig. V. In order that the handles may be firmly seated in the U-shaped socket pieces to prevent their play therein, either when the truck is first manufactured or after wear or shrinkage of the handles has taken place, Imake theU-shaped socket pieces of tapering shape in cross section and also taper the portion of the handles that enter into these socket pieces. The tapering of the socket pieces may be accomplished by arranging the bottom flange 10 of each socket piece at an angle to the plane of thetop flange 9, as seen in Fig. V, and it will be readily perceived that when play occurs between the handles and the socket pieces, it may be readily compensated for v by the lateral adjustment of the handles through the medium of the horizontal bolts 18. I further provide, in order that the handium of the horizontal bolts 18.

C designates the legs of my truck. These legs are made of angle iron bent into V-shape, and each leg comprises an outer flange 20 parallel with the frame side bars 1 and an inner flange 21 extending transversely of said side bars. The flanges 21 are cut away'from fthe flanges 2O at the outer ends of the legs and bent downwardly to provide horizontal lips 22 that rest beneath the frame side bars. The upper ends of the flanges 20 are connected to the frame side bars by the rivets or bolts 12, and by the forward bolts 18, to secure the legs to the .truck frame while the lips v22, by resting resting on its legs.

against the bottom edges of the frame side bars, cause the flanges 21 to serve as sustaining members for the truck frame and a load thereon when the truck is loaded and The legs C are maintained in proper .alinement with the sides of the Vtruck'framefby'braces 23 connecting them-to the tie bar 14.

provided with a kcent-ral portion 25 located beneath the pivot rod andside members 26V that extend upwardly from the cent-ral portion, then laterally, and again downwardly to provide side arms 27. The pivot rod 24 extends through the arms 26, which are adis moved from` its horizontal idle positionshown in Figs. and II to its position of utility by a pull rod 28 connected to an ear 25 depending fro-mythe cent-ral portion of the rack, which pull rod projects rearwardly to the tie bar B, where it is supported in any suitable manner in any position conveniently accessible for its operation, in order that the barrel rack may be raised and lowered.

l. In a truck, the combination of a frame having side bars, supporting wheels for said frame, U-shaped socket pieces comprisinga side wall and top and bottom horizontal flanges, said side' Vwall .extending 'beyond said horizontal flanges and forming a tail arm, said socket pieces being secured to the side bars of said Yframe by fastening devices passing through the side wall and tail arm of said socket piece and 'through said bars,

and handles set into said socket pieces and vside bars,'U-shaped socketpieces secured yto the ends of said side bars, .a tie bar having a vertical Wing and a horizontal Wing; each side bars, and handles iitted t0 said socket endf of the horilontal ving being bent t0 pieces. y

con orm to the s ape 0 an lie Within one f of the socket members, the end portions of FRANK G' KOEHLER' the Vertical Wing being arranged between said side bars and the ends of the horizontal In the presence of- Wing, fastening devices passing through both A. J. MCCAULEY,

of said Wings and connecting them to the E. B. LINN.

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